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Lcttere'Patent No. 75756, 'dated March 24, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN EAEM'GATES.

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TO ALL WHM IT MAY CONCERN:

-Beit known `that I, HENRY; A. HENDERSON, oi' Avoca, Steubencounty, NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Farin-Gates; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionof my said invention, and of themode ot' operation of the same, reference beingA had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, in `whichrequired.`

. Figures 1 and 2 represent side views of Athe gate, and

Ifigure'h` a perspective view thereof.

When a posts'and-board fence isl to be supplied with a gate, no gate-posts other than those of the fence are The post-Ahas a board,'A, pinned or nailed to its face, with a space or slot, A2, between, suieient to allow the end' ofthe gate to enter, as seenfin iig. 3 A pin 01. bolt,A3, passes through this board and into the post, In the slet A2, above this pin, is' a 'datch or stop, A4,' turning ond pin. The pin A3 and catch A servo toiasten the gate, as hereinafter described." v i I l The pos'tB has a suiall lroller, B, on a level with the bottom board of the gate, and on theinner side a catch or hook, 13". The roller serves to support the gate in opening' hnd closing, and the hook is used to hold up therear end of the gate when it is used as seen in iig. 2.

Y C is a second post of the fence. Extending from B-tor C, on the side opposite the fence-boards, is-a guideboard, 1),for` guiding and keeping the gate in place, as hereinafter described.

The gate is composed of four or more bars or boards, E E E E. There isa eross-har, El, near the front end.

The rear end hasn like crossharE2, on the frontend back side, and the back of the last one is another har, E, soplaeed as ti) form with 'the middle one aslot, Efas seen. in the drawing.. The-gate may alsoV have a brace, E5.

The slot E4 has a small roller, Es, which runs onfthc guide-hoard D in operating the gate. The guide-hoard D is passed through this slot E4. On the under side of two or moreboards, E E, arekcut notches Eland'E". When `the gate is to he shut and fastened, one or the other of the vnotches is placed on :the pin A3, and thc catch or stop A4 is turned down, and the gate is fastened. To unfasten'it, the catch is vturned up, -and the end of the gate raised alittle, :ind then it may be slipped hack. The guide-board keeps it in Vpla-ce.

'When snow has filled the road, or it is desired to'raise the gate that sheep may pass out, and yet keep the cattle in the field or yard, the gate may be raised, the front part with the notch E1 to the pin A3, and the rear end is held up the catch or hook B, as seen in Iig. 2.. i

The advantages of this mode ofeonstruction are simplicity and cheapness. It may be made of the com-- moncst materials, a few lightboards and nails, by anyone in the shortest time, and it is easily operated, and

not likely' to got out of repair.v v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A farm-gate having the' guide-hoard D, slot E4, rolls B1' and B8., and the notches E and E7, andv the hook B2, in conibination, for the uses and purposes mentioned. l l

l' HENRY A. HENDERSON. Witnesses:

WM. It. HEAD,

J. M. OALEINs. 

